US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, on Dec. 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell related to the $2.5 billion renovation to the … Read more
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 8, 2025. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The first vetoes of President Donald Trump’s second term survived separate override votes by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The outcome was a surprise, since both bills that Trump had vetoed were passed in unanimous voice votes by the … Read more
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York court on Monday afternoon, saying that he had been “kidnapped” with his wife by U.S. forces from their home in Caracas, and that he was a “prisoner of war,” as he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who … Read more
House Republican leaders on Thursday committed to a vote in the new year on legislation to ban members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks. But the proposal likely will not include a provision that would ban stock trading or ownership by President Donald Trump or future presidents. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., … Read more
Key tax credits that reduce the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage for millions of Americans looked likely to expire by the end of the year after House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that there would be no vote on extending those subsidies this week. The House is not in session next week, … Read more
The Indiana Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted down a bill to redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Republicans, in a major blow to President Donald Trump. The bill failed in a 19-31 vote, with most Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the measure that Trump had aggressively lobbied for. The GOP has a 40-vote majority … Read more
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media, after she attended a hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges that she defrauded her mortgage lender, outside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., Oct. 24, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Federal prosecutors on Thursday for the … Read more
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks with reporters outside his office on day 41 of the federal government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images A bill forcing the Department of Justice to release its files on sex offender … Read more
Epstein Survivors Launch National PSA Calling for Release of Remaining Files Source: WorldWithoutExploitation.org A group of victims of Jeffrey Epstein in a new ad calls for Congress to pass a measure to force the Department of Justice to release investigative files about the notorious sex offender, following months of resistance to that by the Trump … Read more
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks surrounded by the media, as members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington after a 53-day break, for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 12, 2025. Nathan … Read more